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Poster:	Reade	Date:	November 20, 2010 07:38:28am
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	It Was Forty Years Ago Today / U of R Palestra

Legendary show for which- unfortunately -no high quality recording exists. But at least there is this one. Noteable show for the open ended jamming w/ members of the Airplane during the second set. If nothing else check out the12 minute jam into the only performance of Darlin' Corey.

http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-11-20.aud.cotsman.9001.sbeok.shnf

For a quick almost 360-degree look at this storied gym:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym4rpWLOpac&;feature=related

They would play The Palestra again in 1971 as well (an officially released show), then began to use the War Memorial whenever rocking the Flower City- as they required a bigger venue by then.